Web Platform Lead: AI-Driven Modernization & Reliability

Amazon; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Ring Web Platform team is seeking a Senior Software Development Manager to lead the modernization of Ring's shared web platform, ensure reliability and developer experience, and build the AI-enabled capabilities that will define the next generation of Ring’s web experiences. You will own the health of the platform and drive cross-functional collaboration across product, design, and engineering.

The role emphasizes hiring and developing a high-performing team, setting a high technical

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading multi-tier web services development.
• 7+ years collaborating directly within engineering teams.
• 3+ years of engineering team management.
• 3+ years designing or architecting scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end health of Ring's shared web platform, reliability, performance, and the developer experience for every team that builds on top of it.
• Lead a platform modernization effort: identify technical debt, sequence the work, and drive resolution without disrupting product teams in flight.
• Define and enforce platform engineering standards, patterns, tooling, and architectural guardrails that make the platform easier to build on over time.
• Build the Native AI layer for Ring's web surface, own both the consumer-facing AI features and the platform primitives that make AI-powered experiences buildable and maintainable at scale.
• Hire, develop, and retain a high-performing team of software engineers; set a clear technical bar and build a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
• Partner with product, design, and peer engineering orgs to translate platform needs into clear roadmaps and ensure platform investments are aligned with business priorities.
• Drive operational excellence, establish metrics, monitor platform health, and hold the team accountable to a high bar for reliability and incident response.
• Represent the web platform's technical direction in cross-functional forums and influence decisions that affect how Ring's engineering teams build and ship.

Skills

Web platform leadership

Engineering team leadership

Architecting scalable systems

Full software development lifecycle

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Amazon's Ring Web Platform team is seeking a Senior Software Development Manager to lead the modernization of Ring's shared web platform, ensure reliability and developer experience, and build the AI-enabled capabilities that will define the next generation of Ring’s web experiences. You will own the health of the platform and drive cross-functional collaboration across product, design, and engineering.

The role emphasizes hiring and developing a high-performing team, setting a high technical